Businesswoman Skylar Ellison is firmly in control of her life. So getting tangled up with a sexy Wyoming cowboy—and conceiving a baby in the parking lot of a honky-tonk—wasn't in her plan. Since it appears the daddy has taken off for greener pastures, the only thing to do is pull up her bootstraps and carry on alone.

Cattle rancher Kade McKay returns home after a year on the range, and is knocked for a loop when he learns he's the father of a three-month-old baby girl. When Skylar refuses to marry him, Kade grits his teeth, moves in and plays house by her rules to prove he's a man in for the long haul.

Despite Skylar's insistence they are to remain strictly parenting partners, their old passions flare hot as a brush fire, spurring Kade to demand absolute sexual surrender from the headstrong woman. Skylar willingly submits her body to the hot-blooded cowboy but she's leery of handing Kade the reins to her heart.

Can Kade convince Skylar the wicked sex games aren't a temporary distraction? Or will he have to bust out the ropes to show her he wants to be tied to her...forever?

Lorelei James' Bio

Portraiture by Russell LLoyd Jensen/Sage Studios

A bit about me: When I'm not squirreled away behind
my laptop writing fun, sexy, contemporary erotic romances
set in the modern day Wild West, I can be found reading
everything under the sun, practicing yoga until I'm a
pretzel, shootin' my .22, watching the Professional Bull
Riders tour on Versus, and running a kid's taxi service, all
in the guise of avoiding housework and rustlin' up vittles.

Why do I have a particular fondness for all things western?
Well, I'm a fourth generation South Dakotan, living in the
Black Hills, which is chock-full of interesting characters,
including cowboys, Indians, ranchers, and bikers. The
geographical diversity of the surrounding area showcases
mountains, plains, and badlands. Living in and writing about
rural settings gives me a unique perspective, especially
since I'm not writing historical westerns. Through my
fictional world, I can show the ideals and the cowboy way of
life are still very much alive.